50th Ronde van Limburg, Cat 1.5

Netherlands, June 7, 1998

1997 Results    

Brief

The 50th Ronde van Limburg started and finished in the town of Stein, just north of Maastricht, and nestled between the A2 (north-south), and the A76 (east-west). The race was the 7th round of the Dutch Top Competition and carried 1.5 UCI points.

The race was held in extremely wet weather. The south of the Netherlands has received deluge level rains and the streets of many of the towns were flooded over the weekend.

Stein - Stein, 202 kms:

 1. Matthé Pronk (Ned) Rabobank			     5.13.25 (38.670)
 2. Andreas Kappes (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 
 3. Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) AGU
 4. Peter Wuyts (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002
 5. Raymond Meys (Ned) Gerolsteiner
 6. Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002
 7. John van den Akker (Ned) MGi 			 0.05
 8. Sascha Henrix (Ger)  Gerolsteiner 			 1.16 
 9. Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank
10. Patrick Tolhoek (Ned) Batavus
11. Bart Boom (Ned) P&O-Löwik-Giant 			 1.59 
12. Wally Buurstede (Ned) Agu 				 2.06 
13. Patrick Claessens (Ned) Axa 			 2.11 
14. Rik Reinerink (Ned) Batavus 			 2.41 
15. Hielke Boersma (Ned) MGi 				 3.00 
16. Tom Stremersch (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 		 4.07 
17. Bram Schmitz (Ned) Agu 				 5.10 
18. Edwin Dunning (Ned) Tegeltoko
19. Stefan van Dijk (Ned) Rabobank 			10.09 
20. Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 
21. Franck Ackermans (Ned) Gerolsteiner 		10.50 
22. Bas van Dooren (Ned) Batavus
23. Tino Haakman (Ned) Alcmaria Victrix 		10.54 
24. Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 			11.01 
25. Paul van Schalen (Ned) P&O-Löwik-Giant 		11.10

25 riders classified

Individual Top Competition Standings after 7 races:

 1. Matthé Pronk 				116 points  
 2. Rudy Kemna 					108  
 3. John van den Akker 				 98  
 4. Stefan van Dijk				 96  
 5. Theo Akkermans				 90  
 6. Coen Boerman				 84  
 7. Remco van der Ven				 83  
 8. Louis de Koning				 77  
 9. Edwin Dunning				 73  
10. Addy Engels					 73  
11. Daniel van Elven				 72  
12. Rik Reinerink				 70  
13. Godert de Leeuw				 69  
14. Berry Hoedemakers				 69  
15. John Talen					 67  
16. Wilco Zuijderwijk				 62  
17. Anthony Theus				 61  
18. Marcel Duijn				 59  
19. Peter Pieters				 59  
20. Paul van Schalen				 58  
21. Wally Buurstede				 56  
22. Thorwald Veneberg				 56  
23. Bart Boom					 55  
24. Dennis Moons				 53  
25. Marcel Luppes				 50  
26. Karsten Kroon				 49  
27. Edward Farenhout				 48  
28. Matthew Hayman				 45  
29. Bram Schmitz				 44  
30. Patrick Claessens				 43 

95 riders classified
Teams Top Competition Standings after 7 races: 
 1. Rabobank 					91 points
 2. P&O-Löwik-Giant 				79  
 3. Agu 					70  
 4. Topteam Tegeltoko 				62  
 5. Van Vliet-Weba 				53  
 6. MGi Fietsen 				47  
 7. Axa 					46  
 8. Piels 					40  
 9. Batavus-BankGiroLoterij 			35  
10. Golff-Gazelle 				26  
11. Alcmaria Victrix 				18